He will fill the vacancy left by Bob Hartley, who was fired in May after the Flames went 35-40-7 for 77 points while missing the playoffs last season. Details of his contract with the Flames have not been disclosed as of yet.
The 44-year-old Gulutzan has had prior head coaching experience in the NHL, spending two years with the Dallas Stars from 2011 to 2013, as he led the team to a 64-57-9 record.
After he was fired at the end of the 2012-13 season after not making the postseason, Gulutzan joined the staff of the Vancouver Canucks as an assistant coach, where he's spent the past three years.
Now, he takes the reins of a Flames team that is loaded with young talent. The team's two leading scorers, Johnny Gaudreau with 30 goals and Sean Monahan with 27, were 22 and 21 years old, respectively, last season.
On defense, there's a 21-goal scorer in Mark Giordano along with a promising young blueliner in Dougie ...
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